Does family policy affect fertility?: Lessons from Sweden

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-24

  Björklund, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative studies; Family policy; Fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644597288     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0024-0     Document Type: Review

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